The ENGLISH CONQUEST begins.-Hengest begins the Kingdom

Ælle and Cissa begin the Kingdom of Sussex

Elle and Cissa take Anderida

Cerdic and Cynric begin the Kingdom of Wessex

Arthur defeats the English at Badbury

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Battle of Deorham

Cwichelm and Cynegils first Christian Kings of the West-Saxons.

Cuthred defeats Æthelbald at Burford

Sigeberht King of the West-Saxons

Sigeberht deposed by his Wise Men and Cynewulf elected.

Death of Æthelbald-Offa King of the Mercians .

Eadberht of Northumberland takes Alcluyd

Charles the Great crowned Emperor-Ecgberht King of the West

Kent, Sussex, and East-Anglia

Ecgberht defeats Beornwulf at Ellandun, and gains the lordship over

Northumberland submits to Ecgberht

Wiglaf receives the crown of Mercia from Ecgberht--submission of the Welsh .

828

The Danes defeat Ecgberht at Charmouth-Ecgberht defeats the

The Danes take Canterbury and London, but are defeated by Æthel

Æthelberht dies; Æthelred succeeds; the Danes land in East-Anglia 866 The Danes take York.

Æthelred and Alfred help Burhred against the Danes

867

. 868

870

The Danes conquer East Anglia; martyrdom of Saint Edmund
The Danes enter Wessex; Battles of Englefield, Reading, Ashdown,
Basing and Merton; death of Æthelred and election of Alfred;
Battle of Wilton; peace between the Danes and West-Saxons 871
The Danes invade Mercia; Burhred goes to Rome

874

The Danes leave Wessex and settle in part of Mercia

877

Guthorm enters Wessex; Alfred takes shelter at Athelney; Battle

of Ethandun; Peace of Wedmore; Ethelred Alderman of
Western Mercia

878

Guthorm settles in East-Anglia.

880

A.D.

Alfred defeats the Danes at sea.

. 882

Alfred drives the Danes from Rochester; the Welsh Princes submit

Hasting lands in Kent and is helped by the Danes in East-Anglia.

Birth of Æthelstan

Alfred takes Appledore; the Danes defeated at Buttington.

The war with the Danes goes on

885

886

888

891

893

894

895

895-6

Alfred improves his navy; the Danes leave Wessex

Alfred dies; Edward the Elder chosen King; revolt of Æthelwald,

who takes refuge with the Danes. Æthelwald and the Danes attack Wessex; death of Ethelwald Peace between Edward and Guthorm.

The Danish wars begin again; Battle of Tettenhall; Edward and his sister Æthelflæd begin to fortify various posts.

897

Battle of Wednesfield; Æthelflæd rules alone in Mercia
Rolf settles in Gaul; beginning of the Duchy of Normandy
The Danes driven away from Somersetshire and Wales .
Death of Æthelflæd; Edward annexes Mercia to Wessex
All Essex, East-Anglia, and Danish Mercia submits to Edward
The Welsh Kings "seek Edward to lord"

All the Northumbrians, Scots, and Strathclyde Welsh "chose Edward to father and lord"

924

Death of Edward; Æthelstan chosen King.

925

The Welsh, Scots, and Northumbrians submit to Æthelstan; he drives

Edmund recovers the Five Boroughs; Richard the Fearless Duke of

Edmund conquers Cumberland and grants it as a fief to Malcolm of

A. D.

Edmund murdered by Liofa; Eadred chosen King; the Northum

brians and Scots acknowledge him

946

The Northumbrians again acknowledge Eadred
The Northumbrians rebel under Eric..

947

948

The Northumbrians finally submit and the land becomes an Earldom 954 Eadred dies; Eadwig chosen King; Edgar reigns as Under-king in

Mercia

Dunstan banished

The Mercians revolt; Edgar recalls Dunstan

Oda divorces Eadwig and Ælfgifu .

Eadwig dies; Edgar chosen King; Dunstan Archbishop

Edgar at York .

955

956

. 957

958

959

961

Edgar dies; disputed election; Edward chosen King; disputes about

Invasion of Olaf; Hugh Capet chosen King of the French.

Battle of Maldon; death of Brihtnoth; money first paid to the

985

987

Elfric's treason; victory of the English at sea.
The Danes ravage Lindsey; flight of the three Thanes
Invasion of Swegen and Olaf; the two Kings beaten off by the
Londoners

Olaf makes peace and goes home; Swegen continues the war
The Danes go on ravaging

Æthelred ravages Cumberland;, the Danes go to Normandy;

Æthelred's fleet ravages the Côtentin

The Danes return and are driven back from Exeter; battle at Pen

995

997-999

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